Dining-table.



No- 831,797. I PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

' M. MILLER.

DINING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1906.

M ARK MILLER, OF HUG HESTON, WVEST VIRGINIA.

DINING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed January 16,1906. Serial I10. 296,289.

To all whom it HI/[LII] concern:

Be it known that 1, MARK MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at llugheston, in the county of Kanawha and State of estVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDining-'lablcs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in dining-tables,and more particularly to that class wherein the table-top is adapted torotate upon its sup mrting-base, and my object is to provide means fortaking up the wearu on the table-bearing.

Vith the alioveand other objects in view the invention consists of aframe having a' ball-bearing upon the center thereof which supports acircular table-top having a central pivot-pin which is provided withnovel means for tightening it.

The invention also consists in further novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have shown the preferred form of myinvention, and in said drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved table. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section therethrough. Fig.3 is a transverse section through one of the leaves and the ad joiningparts of the table. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the adjusting-lever; andFig. 5 is a similar view of the pivot-pin.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, l is a rectangularframe supported on legs 2, and secured to this frame are paralleluide-strips 3, arranged in pairs and extendlng laterally from theframe 1. These guidestrips are grooved, as shown at 4, for the receptionof longitudinally-arranged cleats 5 upon the side edges of leaves 6.These leaves are adapted to be slid between the pairs of guidestrips'andhave downwardly-projecting por tions 7 at their front ends, whereby theymay be readily grasped. The thickness of each leaf is less than thethickness of the guidestrips 3, and therefore when the leaf is inposition between the guides a sufficient space is leftbetween the top ofthe leaf and the upper ed es of its guide-strips 3 to enable a plate,knife, fork, &c., to be placed upon the leaf while said leaf is inposition between its guidestrips.

Secured between the intersecting portions of the guidestrips 3 1s asupporting-block 8,

which is held in place by means of bolts 9, ex-

tending downward through a cross-strip 10, which is fastened to two ofthe cleats 3 and is held by nuts in the usual manner. A Wearplate- 1 lis secured upon the upper face of this block by means of the bolts 9,and said Wearplate has a centrally-disposed downwardlyprojecting lug 12,which projects through the center of block Sand has a passage throughit. Plate 11 is also provided with a race 13, which is concentric withthe lug 12, said race being adapted to receive a series of balls 1.4,which project into a similar race formed within the wear-plate 15. Thiswear-plate is secured to the lower surface of a circular tabletop 16,and at the center thereof a lug 17 projects upward from wear-plate 15and through the center of the table-top, and this lug has a passagethrough it for the reception of the head 18 and a portion of the stem 19of a pivot-pin. Said pin extends downward through lug 12 and through thestrip 10 and has op)ositely-arrangcd grooves or recesses 20 wit llll it,adapted to receive the forked end 21 of a lever 22. This lever has oneface curved so as to give the same a rocker-like appearance, and theother end of the lever is likewise forked, as shown at 23, and embracesone of the bolts 9. The nut of said bolt overlaps said forked end of thelever, and by screwing said nut upon its bolt the lever will be pressedtoward the strip 10, and this opposite forked end will be rocked orswung down ward, thereby drawing the pivot-pin longitudinallyandtightening the bearing of the tabetween said guide-strips.

In using the table herein described a plate, knife, fork, &c., is placedon each leaf 6, and

said leaf is then slid under the table-top 16, there being sufficientroom between the leaf and the table-top to accommodate the articlesplaced on the leaf. After persons have been seated at the table theleaves are drawn outward and the food to be served is placed 'ing fromthe rear end of the leaf 6, mounted on the table-top 16, and anyone ofthe persons can quickly serve himself simply by grasping said table-topand rotating it until any dish desired'is brought within convenientreach. In order to facilitate the rotation of the table-top, Ipreferably provide thereon at regular intervals and adjacent theperiphery of the top a series of grips or knobs 27 which may be of anysize and suitably ornamented.

It will be understood that by using a table such as herein describedeach person can serve himself, and therefore the services of Waiters maybe dispensed with,

What I claim is 1. In a table, a frame member, a rotatable top member,supported thereby, a pivot-pin.

headed at one end and slidably extending through both members with itshead in contact With one of said members, said pin having a recess inthe other end, a lever fulcrume'd on the other of said membersandengaging in said recess and means for adjusting said lever to slide thepin vertically whereby the rotatable member is drawn toward the framemember.

2 In a table, a frame member, a plate secured to said frame, a table-topabove said frame, a plate secured to said top and extendingtherethrough, said plates havingreg,

istering vertical openings therethrough, a

headed pivot-pin slidably disposed through said openings, said pinhaving oppositely-disposed recesses in its free end, a forked leverfulcrumed on the one of saidplates next to the recessed end of said pin,the forked portions at one ear] thereof engaging the recesses in the pinand means engaging the opposite end of said lever to rock the lever toslide the pin vertically, whereby the table-top will be drawn toward theframe member.

3'. The combination with a table-frame and a rotatable top therefor, ofa pivot-pin disposed through said top and frame, said pin having a headat one end and recesses at its opposite end, an elongated lever havingone of its faces curved to form a fulcrum, s id lever being forked ateach end, the'fork members at one end engaging the recesses in the pinand means carried by the frame to adjustably engage the opposite forkedend of the lever the fulcrum portion of the lever at the same timebearing against a part of the frame whereby the pin may belongitudinally adjusted to draw the top toward the frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARK MILLER. Witnesses:

C. F. HUDDLEsToN, W. 'M. BAULING.

